Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
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STOCK AND FARM

Frankfort Bee: Since the shower Of
last Tuesday the corn in his county has
| got a new move on It and is now growing
to the credit of itself and the satisfaction
OF it's ProprietOrs. 1t is of healthy dark
green color, and If another rain arrives
within week or two, an enormous crop
| is Fssured.
lola Democrat: Did you see the big
corn at Klaumann'sS The stalk measures
fourteen feet in height. The first ear is
eight feet from the ground and the
third nine feet. Still lots Of men look
at it and then break out with I've got
lots oft like that"
Howard Democrat: A. I. r. Hughes.
Of Lima, dropped a few stalks Of millet
in our Office which are over five feet
high, and only just well headed out and
not nearly grown. One stalk is different
from any we baVe ever sssn, it has six
distinct stalks in one, not stooled from
the root as is commonly the case, but
five stalks starting out from the main
one, several inches above the ground.
Kiusley Mercury: a train load OF
hogs, consisting of twenty-five cars OF
brood sOwR and three cars Of fue blooded
boarF, passed through on the Santa Fe
/ last evening, They were all large, full
grown hogs. and were destined for the
City of Mexico, in Old Mexico. The
train stopped here long enough to give
the hogs d bath, which was accom- lished
by turning on a hose from the railroad
water tank. Two hundred and fifty
barrels of water were consumed 10 the
operation.
Wichita Beacon: All accounts from
this section of Kansas show the corn
crop outlook to be one OF greater promise
than for years past. Within g radius Of
hundred miles Of Wichita the crop is
made beyond al danger. Along the
line of the Fb. s., W. 81. W, in every
direction, vast stretches of corn that viii
run all the way from forty to seventy
five Bnd eighty bushels to the acre, are
TO be seen and It is not till one gets
southwest, to the Territory line near
KiOWR, that any sign Of firing is visible.
Road building aud road-repairing is a
scisucs, and an important science, too;
and it is ridiculous that work of such
practical importance should be SO largely
intrusted to men who however ekiIled
and successful they may be in their own
department Of industry, know little Of
the principles OF surveying or scientific
roadmaking, and whose only idea of re-
pairing a roadway is TO pile a lot OF dirt
In the middle of the highway, until it
| becomes a ridge of soil along the narrow
surface OF which teams have to pick
their way.
Clay Center Times: Thomas Cook
living near Ldana, brought in a sample
of the corn he is raising, this morning.
The stalks are over eight feet in length
/ and each has from one to three well
/ TONED ears of corn that looks like no
amount Of dry weather cOuld harm in
the least and thus prevent a good yield.
/ Citizen Gowenlock has the sample in one
of his display Windows with Plscards
hung up bearing the following inscrip-
/ tons: Corn King" docs this look
| ike a Total Failure" This don't look
/ ike Starvation" "Brace mp Everybody
and stop Kicking" The kind OF Corn
4 Clay County Raises in Dry Season.
] 1.-THE Valuation of the Clay County Corn
] Crop this year viii lot be less than
/ $500 O0O.' There are fully 100 600
acres of corn planted in Clay comfy
| this year, two thirds Of which is as good
as this. IT Is q very encouraging sight
in view of the fact that It has been re-
peatedly stated during the past week
that the corn crop is completely ruined.
Medicine Lodge Cresset The
agricultural editor of this paper took
ride into the country to lock at and pass
/ Judgment upon Mr.. bursts cotton.
Cotton is a dFy-Weather plant, but re-
quires careful nursing. The weeds most
be kept down aud the earth loose. a
better proof of this cannot be found than
the cotton patches shown the writer by
Mr.. Durst. Where the ground was
clean and loose there was a good stand
an the cotton growing nicely. All OF
the cotton examined seemed tn be OF the
shOrt-hOrn variety and showed the lack
Of work and good seed. Mr. DGrst
showed the writer two pieces which were
as fine as We have ever seen. The stalks
IN some cases only about twelve inches
high. are heavy with squares and young
bolls. The first Opening" viii be ready
the latter part Of August. The best
variety for this climate is GossyPium
i HeFBocsum The fiber of this specie Is
short but very fne, and the plant scrub
by and thrifty. If this seed cannot be
obtained We wouId advise cotton growers
to get their seed from northern Tennessee,
that country being in the same latitude
as this. The farmers are advised to go
and look at Nr. bursts cotton, il they
would be convinced as to the adaptation
of Barber county to cotton raising, and
also pick up a few pointers in regard TO
the cultivation Of the staple.